Designing gardens in Hertfordshire

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Where: A large back garden in Letchworth. Who: A family with grown up children and young grandchildren. Why: 1. To create a large patio for a table and chairs and lounge furniture to socialise in. 2. To provide and area for a new greenhouse and veg patch. 3. To replant the garden completely.

Where: A back garden in Hitchin. Who: A family with two teenage children. Why: 1. To take a north facing garden and re-design it into a place to relax and socialise in. 2. A bold angular shape was used for the patio and cedar trellis . 3. The garden was then re-planted throughout with shrubs and grasses to … Continue reading →

Where: A large back garden in Hitchin Who: An adult family Why: 1. To add shape and interest to a large back garden of a period house. 2. To use circular shapes in the lawn and borders and replant throughout. 3. To add additional seating areas. 4. To create a new vegetable patch and screen the shed … Continue reading →

Where: The village of Pirton near Hitchin Who: A young family Why: 1. To transform a small, neglected garden into an inviting garden to relax and socialise in. 2. To replace the lawn with paving and gravel for easy maintenance. 3. To create two areas for seating and eating. 4. To use modern, architectural plants with a restricted … Continue reading →

When I initially visited this garden it had a tired lawn and large overgrown shrubs that dominated the small space. It was also disjointed with a separate seating area at the bottom of the garden which was never used. My brief was to replace the lawn with paving and create a courtyard garden which would … Continue reading →

The brief for this job was very specific. To transform a tired and neglected area of garden into an inviting space to relax and socialise in. The kitchen and dining room opened out onto a large section of garden that the family never used and it was here that I was asked to focus on.The garden was … Continue reading →

Ickleford is a small village just outside Hitchin. Last year I was asked to replant a large rural garden there. Although well looked after the majority of plants were overgrown, especially the shrubs and the garden lacked any colour particularly in the summer. My brief was to replace many of the existing plants, fill empty … Continue reading →